{"nrhp_refnum":"11000349","name":"Vale School-Community House","other_names":["Vale Schoolhouse","DHR File No. 029-5615"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3124 Fox Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oakton","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.89360937400005,"lon":-77.34861516099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-06-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-room, one-story wood-frame schoolhouse at 3124 Fox Mill Road in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 1.82 acres. The first room was built circa 1884 and a second room was added in 1912.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, well-preserved community house tied to the Virginia Extension Service's Home Demonstration Club program, which helped improve rural farm communities. It is also tied to statewide significance through Florence Jodzies, founder of the Vale Club and a state library chairman for the Home Demonstration Clubs. Architecturally, it is described as the best preserved two-room school building in Fairfax County.","narrative":"Vale School/Community House is a white-painted, one-story wood-frame building in Oakton, Virginia, set on a hilltop at Fox Mill and Vale Roads. The original one-room school went up around 1884, and a second room was attached in 1912, giving the building an L shape. It served as a school until 1931, then reopened in 1935 as a community house run by the Vale Home Demonstration Club, and it still serves that purpose. Features include German weatherboard siding, a standing-seam metal roof, a belfry with a school bell, and a wraparound porch. Student names and initials remain carved in the siding and wainscoting. The listing rests on the building's link to the Virginia Extension Service's Home Demonstration program for farm women, including club founder Florence Jodzies, and on its architecture. It is described as the best preserved two-room school in Fairfax County and one of only two known to survive there.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Vernacular","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with few alterations; in use as a community house since 1935.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.628409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/6805/41680527/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000349.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000349/d50173c289-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000349/d50173c289-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VALE_SCHOOL.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VALE_SCHOOL.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680527","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_School-Community_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713430"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/vale-school-community-house-11000349/"}